All positive, shiny happy Houston Texans link roundup

I like hanging out at bookstores, browsing, maybe buy a book. Last time I went, I was struck by how many of the non-fiction books were all about how to live a better life. Business, self-improvement, religion, philosophy, relationships, cooking, fitness, foreign languages, travel, etc.

If you just glance at the titles, so many of them are about improving one’s attitude. Becoming more positive. Stop complaining so dang much. Appreciate your blessings. Get your life in control and find success. Pay me money to advise you about common sense stuff. Embrace challenges as opportunities.

Because a lot of the news in general these days is a flaming pile of suck, I decided to make this blog entry niiiiiice. With only positive, shiny happy Texans news. So here goes:

Eat well, do well. The Texans are holding their first ever Restaurant Week March 23-28th to benefit the Houston Texans Foundation. First, click here to print your invitation. Take that invite to Artista, Américas (Post Oak & Woodlands) or Churrascos (River Oaks & Westchase) and the Cordúa Restaurants will donate 10% of your bill to the Foundation (and you will receive a $25 gift certificate for future dining).

The Texans will hold a kickoff party for Restaurant Week from 5:30-7:30 on Monday, March 23rd with player appearances at most of the restaurants. QB Matt Schaub will be at Américas Post Oak. WR Kevin Walter will be at Artista. SS Nick Ferguson will be at Churrascos River Oaks. DT Frank Okam will be at Churrascos Westchase.

I love me some good food and helping children charities, and just thinking about this promotion makes me hungry.

“So what are the advantages of us extra value meal men to have a 99 cent nugget like you around?”

David Anderson:

“It is very important to have a guy like me around. I am like bait when it comes to meeting women. Just throw me out there and Ill bring them back, then it is your job to keep them in the boat. I also can have an array of jobs, while you men are pretty much slated as pro athletes. I can be an agent, financial advisor, Nordstrom piano player, pretty much anything but a pro athlete. But most important I am a liaison to the common man. Without a guy like me only other bigs will approach. Add me into the mix and normal people believe they can join in the full figured fella fun as well.”

The Ferguson interview is particularly interesting to me because it is the first discussion of the new strength and conditioning program under Ray Wright:

Well, actually, since I’ve been doing rehab, I’ve been a part of his – if you want to say – weird science, because me and a couple of other guys, we’ve been his initial guinea pigs as far as trying to bring out this new system and fine tuning it. Today, I worked out with Ray; it was me, (Xavier) Adibi and Owen Daniels. We’re just trying to get ahead and get a jumpstart on things just so when everyone comes back, we’re not tilling over, grabbing our knees or whatever. But I have a lot of confidence in Ray. He’s going to do some great things, and the guys are going to love it.

Texans draft party. The Texans draft party is coming up on Saturday, April 25th at Reliant Stadium from 1:30 to 5:30. You can print out your free tickets here. I’ve been to a bunch of these, and they are a lot of fun. They have autograph signings, activities for the kids, prize giveaways and lots of TVs set up to watch the draft. It’s nice to be surrounded by a bunch of people who care about the Texans and the draft as much as you do.

I’m planning on going so if you see me be sure to say hi. 🙂

The Amobi Okoye article. And best of all, in case you missed it, the first specific player discussion of what may be different on the defensive line was contained in this article yesterday (along with do-gooder news):

Me and (Kollar) spoke about playing the three-technique position and being on the same page. Just me doing more of what I did in college (at Louisville) as far as being aggressive and trying to get in the backfield and be disruptive.

Instead of waiting to see, reading the shoulders to see what (the blocker is) doing, I’m trying to blow through his shoulders this time.

Seems pretty positive, shiny and happy to me. I actually have more stuff I could write about that is positive about the Texans, but I’m guessing that is plenty enough for the weekend. Hope it is a good one, and happy bracketing for thems who do that sort of thing. Any comments or questions about any of this stuff? Bonus points if you are niiiiiiice.